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The Windrush scandal has arisen out of a belief among Europhiles that Britain should be “the sort of country that demands to see your papers”, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.

The MP, who is the head of the 60-strong European Research Group of Tory backbenchers, said the Home Office was suffering from “deep-rooted failures”.

Linking the Government’s threats to deport members of the Windrush generation with concern among Brexiteers that the Home Office has yet to produce a draft post-Brexit immigration policy, Mr Rees-Mogg said the department was “failing to manage policy properly”.

It follows a week of pressure on Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, and Theresa May, her predecessor at the department.